🇿🇼 Zimbabue
Gweru
Gweru, historically known as Gwelo, is the capital city of Zimbabwe's Midlands Province. Founded in 1894 as a military outpost by Leander Starr Jameson. the settlement grew from an area originally called "The Steep Place" by the Ndebele people, a reference to the high banks of the Gweru River. It achieved municipal status in 1914 and was declared a city in 1971.
- Country
- 🇿🇼 Zimbabue
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 158,200
- Time zone
- Africa/Harare
- Coordinates
- -19.45, 29.82
How far Gweru is from other cities in Zimbabue
- Kwekwe58 km✈ 49 min · 🚗 58 min
- Zvishavane101 km✈ 52 min · 🚗 1 h 41 min
- Kadoma125 km✈ 54 min · 🚗 2 h 5 min
- Masvingo126 km✈ 54 min · 🚗 2 h 6 min
- Chegutu151 km✈ 56 min · 🚗 2 h 31 min
- Bulawayo151 km✈ 56 min · 🚗 2 h 31 min
- Norton198 km✈ 59 min · 🚗 3 h 18 min
- Chitungwiza208 km✈ 1 h · 🚗 3 h 28 min
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